and we are learning a little bit more about the suspect's past. apparently, he has been convicted of rape before. he was released from prison in december for serving time in a similar case. 31-year-old edward rodriguez is his name, police say. he was on a g.p.s. device as part of his probation. he served about eight years in prison for raping a woman about ten years ago. he's now accused of raping a woman in the south enderle tuesday morning. when police say rodriguez rode up to her on a bicycle and said he had a knife. he forced her into a park about two tents of a mile away and raped her. rodriguez finished serving about eight years back in december, and police say, he was on probation when he committed this crime. >> he was on a g.p.s. bracelet. from all the information we have, he cut that bracelet off and that's why we weren't able

wanted to. >> the reporter: now, police telling us they do believe he had the bracelet on at the time of the crime, but he did take it off after the crime, and they did find that bracelet and then all afternoon, they were able to track him down. they went to about 10 or 12 addresses throughout the city, but they did find him. we are live if boston, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> mark: and there is more breaking news tonight in brighton, where a person was badly hurt when a tree branch fell on them of them on commonwealth avenue. working in that area all day. fox 25's john monahan is live on the scene and you are learning more about the man who was hit by that branch. >> the reporter: we are mark. he is in the hospital, being surrounded by family and is in surgery at this time, but take a look, if you go through the fence, we can get a look at a log, a piece of wood that's about the same size police say as the piece that hit this man, about 30 inches long and a foot in diameter. it's not clear if this is the piece, but it is taped off and

another part of the investigation is looking in to this hole in the fence. the trees have grown true it. part of the reason they're trimming back the trees. the man may have possibly cut through the fence, the tree crews on the other side may not have seen him and that's part of what police are looking at, as the workers were trimming the trees, it's not clear that they did see him at all. take a look at the video shot earlier. at last check, the man who was hit by the branch was in surgery at beth israel hospital. police tell us his family is with him as i said, and police also say they have the alleyside blocked off, the tree crew, but not the fence side. they say the belmont tree service was trimming trees for hamilton realty company this morning, since about 7:00 a.m. and about 3:00 p.m., the man who works for herb chambers on comm. avenue was somehow hit by a falling branch. the piece of wood was 30 inches long, a foot in diameter.

tells fox 25 that his friend came back to tell her what happened. >> his friend, who actually was here with him, getting a sandwich, he came back to tell me what happened to the guy. so i was in shock when he told me that, because they left the store, like probably 30 minutes, 45 minutes after that happened. >> and you were talking something -- >> the reporter: now, another man who was working nearby heard the commotion, ran over and tells fox 25, he saw that victim under a branch, leaves and limbs. and that he was not moving at the time. he was since taken to beth israel and in surgery right now. take a look, that's the hole in the fence that police are looking into whether or not the man cut through. he worked for herb chambers. he's been taken to beth israel. last check, he was in surgery in serious condition. live in brookline on the brighton line, john monarchs fox 25 news. >> mark: also breaking at 6:00 p.m., the f.a.a. is now investigating why a small plane made an emergency landing on a sand bar in the quabbin reservoir.

salem. in the last ten minutes, the f.a.a. confirmed for us that this is an experimental sea wind aircraft. the pilot not hurt, and made the call to alert state police. now the quabbin is the largest inland body of water in our state, and is the primary water supply for the city of boston and 40 other communities. >> elizabeth: police are still releasing little information about a scaffolding accident that left one man hurt. boston fire confirms for us that a man fell three stories from the scaffolding at harvard we're hearing he was rushed to the hospital about serious injuries. crews have been working on renovations at that building on shaddock street in buries. >> mark: also tonight, firing back. former senator scott brown is blasting accusations that he was one of several people who sexually harassed an anchor at fox news. >> you know, i've never touched her around her waist, in a lunch line, why would i do that? >> mark: in the lawsuit, the now former fox news anchor compared

playboy mansion." new at 6:00 p.m., brown's wife is defending her husband tonight. >> the reporter: gail hough and scott brown have been married for 30 years, the last of which they spent here in new hampshire and tonight, they are both defending brown to fox 25, cameras presenting a united front against these allegations. >> came so far out of left field. >> the reporter: moments after learning he was named in a new lawsuit, we caught up with former senator scott brown on his way to fox news headquarters. >> there were never any issues brought to my attention by her or management at any time whatsoever. >> the reporter: one of brown's former co-hosts, andrea tontaros has named him and others in a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. tontaros stays brown made sexually expressive comments and touched her around the waist and said she would be fun to go to a night club with. >> i haven't been to a club since 1980 something.

gail hough went farther than that when asked about tontaros's claims. >> to be charged like this in a public forum is out rainous and should be illegal. what is happening here is nothing less than a witch hunt. >> the reporter: hough said while the allegations would be upsetting to any wife, she says, she's never had any reason to question that her husband's behavior is anything less than professional. >> and i'm sorry. i'm sorry for scott and i'm sorry for other people this, for no reason. no reason. >> the reporter: and brown is in fact, so adamant that he said he is ready and willing to go to court and put his side of the story on league record. we reached out to fox news executives for their comment about this lawsuit. they have not yet gotten back to us. live in new hampshire, katherine burcham, fox 25 news.

loud, you know, word i wouldn't repeat in front of my kids. >> elizabeth: tom brady now seems to be doing just fine after accidentally cutting his thumb with a pair of scissors, forcing him off the field at last week's preseason games. this is the first time now that we're hearing from brady about the accident. sports director tom leyden is here now and tom brady addressed the scissors situation as you could say, but he said nothing about why he missed the last two practices. >> he simply said he had to take care of something and that was the end of information about brady's two day absence, but we did garner insight regarding the training sequence of events that led to him leaving gillette stadium before thursday's game against the barrels. brady was back on the practice field working out with his teammates as they gear up for friday's game against the carolina panthers. that thumb did not seem to have any effect on what brady was doing today. as for last thursday, bad luck as the franchise qb fumbled some scissors, and here's the explanation.

trying to get something out of my shoe and the scissors slipped and just a silly accident. i wanted to go and the coach said probably best if we just take it easy. i've been missing playing and i want to get out there with my teammates and i feel like that's what my job is and responsibility is to go out there and be with my team, and i was, you know, it was tough not to be out there. you can argue that brady probably shouldn't play in fray jimmy garoppolo to the wolves. the panthers defense is awesome. the cloud will be loud at the start of the game. good conditions to test jimmy g. will brady play and whether, that's why we'll be paying attention friday night? more ahead with butch stearns in foxborough. tom leyden, fox 25 news. >> mark: taxpayers will have to put up even more money for a former federal prosecutors so straighten out problems at city hall in boston.

connected with strong arm tactics. eric rasmussen is live at city hall, where he found out kelly's job description is changing and he's about to make a lot more money. eric. right, ock, fox 25 investigates just got the amended contract this afternoon. it's doubling the $200,000 deal we first reported back in may. kelly is getting this increase, even though his first investigation found no city employees did anything wrong right before two of them were federally indicted. former federal prosecutor, brian kelly, who helped take down whitey bulger, could now make as much as $400,000 for his advice at boston city hall, according to the latest version of a contract obtained by fox 25 investigates, signed earlier this month by mayor marty walsh. i feel very good about his work. i feel confident in the work he's done. kelly's original contract with the city was just $50,000 when he was brought on last fall.

february, and now, $400,000. the mayor hired kelly to investigate his administration, after several teamsters were charged with extorting the crew of top chef to use union labor. kelly's first investigation found no city employees did anything wrong. but months later, the city's director of tourism, sports and entertainment, kim burr set and another staffer, tim sullivan, were charged with extortion. >> this is a find any and you had two staff members indicted. why keep him on for the job. >> they're indicted on alleged allegations. at the end of the day, we will know when the court is complete who was correct, if anyone was correct in the case. kelly's rate of $625 an hour hasn't changed. but his consulting duties will now include advising a new committee, charged with stream rhining the city's -- streamlining the city's permitting process. in a statement to fox 25, kelly would only say i'm going to

comment on all other matters. some critics say it's a deal mayor walsh may eventually regret. >> this was not a smart choice in terms of optics. it's going to trail him, it's a lot of money, $625 an hour, $400,000 and we're not done. >> the reporter: now the contract with kelly also pays two of his associates to work with him, at rates of up to $345 an hour. this deal with the city doesn't expire until the middle of next year. live in boston, eric rasmussen, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: a former pastor in manchester, new hampshire, accused of sexually assaulting several people. police began investigating steven jesmer several months ago when told of inappropriate behavior between the 37-year-old and a minor. he turned himself in last night. malini basu talked to jesmer's neighbors. we'll tell you how they describe him next at 6:30 p.m. >> kevin: 80 degrees in boston. it gets hotter tomorrow. how long the heat lasts and when some rain arrives to cool us

the new proposals for renovating the old ballpark and how it could affect the fans' experience. >> elizabeth: first, searching for answers after the sudden death of their loved ones. >> she was always smiling. you see the pictures. she was very kind, loving. >> elizabeth: the family of a woman who died after falling off a party bus says there's not trying to blamefully one.

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the family of this 26-year-old woman desperately trying to figure otis epps what happened with when she fell out of a party bus window and died. the manager at the bus company said his company didn't do anything wrong. >> elizabeth: tonight for the first time, we're hearing from the woman's devastated family and friends. crystal haynes joins us live. they told you they're really not trying to blame anyone. >> the reporter: tracey's sister told me that the friends on that party bus tried to save her life when she fell out of the window, but just couldn't. this could have happened. >> she was always smiling, she was very kind, loving, family oriented. it was the night of -- a night of getting together, lots of friends, and turned out into a tragedy. >> the reporter: gabriellea is trying to focus on how her sister lived, rather than how she died. 26-year-old tracey was at a bachelorette celebration whether she fell out of an emergency

sunday morning on route 1 in east boston. and was killed. >> everything was ok, everybody was having fun, her and her friends. it looked pretty calm, wasn't too wild on the bus or anything. >> the reporter: christina remembers the snapchats traci posted the night she died. she says her sweet friend looked happy. >> it's no one's fault, there's no one to blame. everyone needs to be at peace with that. entourage livery denies any wrongdoing. she reports of one of the passengers trying to open the window for air. but traci's family wants more answers. >> we don't know what happened. we don't know how she fell out of the window. while they grieve, a live cut too short. >> she was happy when this happened and that's how she was always, always happy. >> the reporter: now, traci's family tells me, she was a security guard with nursing

and security systems, they tell me, here it is. traci was a very good employee, and she'll be missed by her fellow employees, management, everyone who worked with her. she was well liked, she was outstanding. now, traci's family has started a gofundme page to help offset funeral expenses. you can go ahead and donate, you can link it on our web site, at fox25boston.com. reporting in dorchester, crys >> >> elizabeth: new hampshire state trooper andrew monaco will plead guilty to assault charges. monaco was arrested after this arrest of richard simone jr. back in may. simone is accused of leading massachusetts and new hampshire police on a multistate chase on may 11th. fox 25's sky fox brought the scene to you live as the officers moved into arrest him. new hampshire's attorney said today monaco will enter guilty pleas to three counts of simple assault in connection to his use

trooper monaco will be in court on thursday. >> mark: dozens of t station janitors are being laid off. the transit system signed contracts with two companies, eliminating nearly 60 positions. the t will pay $13.5 million a year for cleaning services. the contracts will save the agency more than $4 million per year. union leaders say the cuts will create sweatshop-like conditions for workers who are not laid off. >> elizabeth: more than 24 after ar tornado passed through the area, cleanup crews are in the area. the tornado left a path of destruction a mile wide long. lexington homeowners are dealing with insurance companies as reality sets in. >> i think i realized i was probably in shock yesterday, because i was like, oh, it was all the excitement and all the cars and talking to people. i'm feeling a little overwhelmed. >> elizabeth: tonight police are warning people to look out for

-- their homes. >> kevin: all blue sky, beautiful outside this evening. look at that. sun starting to go down, it's getting darker, but still beautiful. 80 degrees. the dew point is at 49. almost unheard of in august. just a light westerly breeze that's been kick on in. it's the winds coming in from the south and southwest tomorrow that will warm us back up. dinnertime temperatures, 80 in boston. fitch burkes nice and warm. norwood at 79 degrees this evening, but here we've been talking about these the last couple of weeks being up in the 70's, even hitting 80 degrees. that's when you were walking outside and sweating immediately. on a day like this, almost hard to crack a sweat. you have to do exercise to do that. this is low humidity kind of air whether you see dewpoints in the -- when you see dewpoints in the upper 40's to low 50's. you don't see that landlord the autumn. futurecast shows we are staying clear and comfortable all night long. sunny through the middle of the day tomorrow. you'll wake up to temperatures

most part. couple of lower 50's off to the north and west. your beach temperatures in the afternoon will be gorgeous. check this out, wollaston, 90 tomorrow afternoon. hampton beach, 87. no matter where you're going, from the new hampshire seacoast all the way to cape cod, it will be sunny tomorrow, just no difference except for a slight difference in temperatures. 80's out here, upper 70's out on nantucket. when you go inland and off to the north and west of cape cod, you're getting up to 90 degrees plus, in some locations, particular valley. boston area, close to 90 degrees. you saw that wollaston temperature at 90. winds off the water from the southeast, now they're going to be coming from the south, so south and southwest, will bring in milder air, but also higher humidity, all ahead of a cold front pushing our way. some showers, some clouds pushing along the front thursday afternoon, dipping into new england, and then some showers for friday morning here in southern new england, so looks to merrimack valley like we'll stay dry thursday night for any

it may not be for everyone. this will be more fine tuned as we get closer to it. futurecast data going out a few days, so it's not as fine tuned in a closer in forecast. this is the best idea of when the showers will be coming on through with this front, but also by the afternoon, any last showers pushing offshore, sunshine and warmer weather. this was fiona, it's really the last time we'll talk about. fiona is not much of anything right now. but gaon track of gaston -- an eye on, although the track of gaston will take it farther out to sea. you'll see a swirl that's materializing in here. the clouds extend to the north as well, but all of the different computer charts have a little different read on them. first of all, gaston, going from here, 65-mile-per-hour winds, a strong tropical storm, becoming a hurricane, cat 1 to cat 2 by the end, this takes you to sunday afternoon, well to our e but check out this other storm. remember, i'm saying there's a

the north, up here, and then take it off to the east. now if these are correct by sunday evening, we'll have a storm in the bahamas to pay attention to. the computer models can get sketchy that far out. temperatures warming. showers, friday morning and clearing out, but the weekend always in view. >> elizabeth: put down the phone and hands-free too. new federal safety guidelines that could soon ban doing anything but driving when you're behind the wheel. fenway park. just the way it is. but things could soon change a little. red sox are pitching some big renovations. how it will change the fan experience.

>> elizabeth: new video at 6:00 p.m., shows the moment a driver slammed into a work zone in ted williams tunnel last night. the 60-year-old driver hit an arrow board on i-90 before 10:00 p.m. luck live, no one was working at the time of the accidents. the driver will face a judge this week. >> mark: pitching renovation ideas. the red sox are taking a swing at improving america's most beloved ballpark. here in boston, we all know and love fenway park. >> elizabeth: i don't know how they can make it better. it's a great ballpark. it's a part of america's history. >> why in the sox have their way, it will get a lot better. >> elizabeth: it's still a classic. new at 6:00 p.m., ted daniels shows the changes that could be in place at fenway before the first pitch of the next season.

boston red sox, there have been a lot of changes and improvements to fenway park, and it's no surprise, the team is planning more just in time for next season. the changes need to be approved by the landmark's commission, boston's preservation agency, the team's architect made his pitch to the commission about an hour ago, here inside city human services. the proposal includes six projects, including moving the dugouts forward to add more seats behind and around pesky pole in right field with a sturdier identical looking pole and replace the big cumberland park signs in 68 with a giant video screen. the commission took public comments, only two people spoke, both red sox fans, both expressed concerns about the proposed changes. >> i'm not really against 21st century technology. but i still want fenway to be

commission is expected to make a final decision on the changes any time now. this evening, we will let you know what's in and what's out coming up tonight on the fox 25 news at 10:00 p.m. reporting at city hall, ted daniel, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: the new toll collecting system on the mass pike may really start to add up. >> mark: at 6:30 p.m., we crunch the numbers and see just how much it could cost commuters. >> vanessa: a former pastor in new hampshire is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl. we hear from his neighbors new hat 6:30 p.m. >> mark: a convicted rapist under arrest for raping again. how police used his monitoring bracelet to track him down hours

>> mark: if you're just joining us at 6 '30s p.m., we continue to follow breaking news from boston. a convicted rapist who just got out of jail in december is under arrest again, accused of raping and robbing another woman in boston's south end. >> elizabeth: commissioner bill evans announcing the arrest in the past hour. at bpd headquarters and robert, police say the man was wearing a g.p.s. tracking bracelet, but apparently he had cut it off. >> the reporter: elizabeth, police believe he had this tracking device on when he committed the crime. that's actually how they were able to figure out that he was in the area where this crime happened, but somehow, he was able to get that g.p.s. bracelet off, but tonight, the entire community is relieved after hearing from the boston police commissioner. >> we want to announce an

woman who was raped in boston's south end. end. the 31-year-old man rodriguez was a convicted rapist and on a g.p.s. devision when police say he committed this crime. police say he approached a woman early tuesday morning, she was walking alone when police say rodriguez rode up to her on a bicycle and said he had a knife. he forced her to park about 2/10 of a mile away and rape her. rodriguez was released in december from prison after se almost identical crime. >> he had served crime from what i understand for a similar offense and he was let out of prison in december, you know, he was on a g.p.s. bracelet. from all information we have, he cut that bracelet off, and that's why we weren't able to locate him as quick as we wanted to. >> the reporter: and boston police were able to arrest rodriguez this afternoon around 3:30 p.m., after going to

throughout the city. we are live in boston, robert goulston, fox 25 news. >> mark: new information on the bridging story we've been following you for since 4:00 p.m. a man seriously hurt after falling tree branches. that victim was in surgery at beth israel and police tell us his family is with him. the family was working for its herb chambers dealership on the other side of the fence, from where a tree service was cutting limbs and police tell us, there were cones on one side of the fence, but not the other, and the tree crews may >> elizabeth: also breaking at 6:30 p.m., the f.a.a. is now investigating why a small plane made an emergency landing on a sand bar in the quabbin reservoir. this happened at the northern part of the reservoir in new salem late this afternoon. about a half an hour arc the f.a.a. confirmed for us that this is an experimental sea wind aircraft. the pilot is not hurt. that pilot was actually able to make the call to alert state police. the quabbin is the largest inland body of water in our

and 40 other communities. >> mark: our other top story tonight is former massachusetts senator scott brown firing back at against allegations he was one of several people who sexually harassed a former fox news anchor. one of brown's former co-hosts, andrea tontaros claims he made suggestive comments, touched her around the waist and at one point suggested she would be fun to go a night club with. fox 25 caught up with brown and his wife today. >> there were never any issues brought to my attention by her or whatsoever. >> to be charged like this in a public forum is outrageous and should be illegal. what is happening here is nothing less than a witch hunt. >> mark: brown sadiki he is ready to go to court and put his side on legal record. also tonight alarming accusations against a former new hampshire pastor. police say the man sexually asexual assaulted a young girl. >> elizabeth: malini basu has

>> the reporter: elizabeth and mark, we just finished reading that 11-page document. in that document, it states that victim here is a 13-year-old girl and one of the sexual assaults allegedly happened here at the church. now that 13-year-old girl apparently had such a hard time telling detectives exactly what happened. we have a mug shot of that former pastor, here he is. so here is what we have learned within the last hour and a half. manchester police tell us they were tipped off about steven jesmer months church. last night, jesmer turned himself into police. he was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of witness tampering. jesmer is accused of sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at her house and at the dialogue church. the assault allegedly happened in june. that girl later told her friend what happened and on another occasion, someone saw her getting out of jesmer's car. jesmer is a husband and a father of two young girls.

neighbors tell us, they always see the girls jumping on the trampoline and seem like a really happy family. >> they'll play basketball and you know, we'll just say hi. >> i wouldn't have never known. >> does it shock you? >> it shocks me, because it's like, you would never know. >> who your neighbors are? >> you don't know. >> he sealed like a family person. -- seemed like a family person. >> what makes you say he's a family person? >> because he's with >> also in the document, in the search warrants, another pastor says he was approached by jesmer, saying jesmer described his actions as stupid, that he crossed the line. the pastor stated that he never directly asked jesmer for details, so he did not know exactly what happened. now, back out here live, jesmer has been fired from his job. tonight, investigators are trying to figure out if there are more victims out there. we, of course, will continue to

for you at 10:00 p.m. >> elizabeth: a drinkette man accused of trying to meet an underage teenager for sex was instead met with handcuffs and placed under arrest. there is new video of 65-year-old richard bly in court today. he was taken into custody at the newburyport commuter rail stop. he posted ads on christian list looking to meet children. an officer disguised as a minor set up the sting operation. bly will be back in court on thursday. >> a is dead after an argument with a neighbor on hamilton street last night. police found the victim on the front lawn with a gunshot wound. the victim's neighbor, a from 2-year-old man was -- 42-year-old man was waiting for police when they arrived. he is charged with -- police tell us other charges are possible. >> elizabeth: federal investigators are now taking a closer look at an unsolved 1992 murder, following the recent arrest of two major players in

they're reportedly examining what francis cadillac frank salemme and robert dexter fowlet deluca knew about a hit in a student. salemme says he has nothing to do with the murder. >> mark: turning to the weather, feeling a bit more like fall than summer, but kevin says, the heat and humidity, they're >> kevin: 80 degrees and we're talking cool, mark, because it feels so different than it has as of late, with all the high humidity days we've been having. imagine what we'll be saying when it's 55 in a couple of months. let's hope it's that far away. 71 in nantucket. that's some cool stuff for sure. temperature tonight if worcester, hanging in the 60's most of the night, down to 62, right back to 67 by late tomorrow morning. hour-by-hour in boston,

evening and cape cod, 70 down through the 60's and holden, notice the temperature not dropping as much as last night, because the winds are shifting. how hot that will make us tomorrow just ahead. >> elizabeth: new electronic tolls really take a toll on drivers? >> mark: last night, we first told you about the open road tolling system. tonight, we break down the numbers. >> elizabeth: the state's plan will ease traffic, but the question here is at what cost? fox 25's blair miller looked into it. >> the reporter: few argue the need to get rid of these on the mass pike, but when the october, some drivers say they won't be pleased. >> people are being pushed further and further and further outside of the city especially in regards to the housing crisis, so i guess i'm concerned about how that's going to affect young people and people who are low income. >> the reporter: it all comes down to one of these -- if you have an e-z pass transponder, it might actually cost you less to use the tolls, but if you have no e-z pass, you'll definitely pay more. here's an example of what you might pay under this proposal.

from exit 13 in natick to exit 18 alston brighton. instead of stopping at toll booths, you would pass under three tolls monitoring your drive. a driver with an e-z pass would pay $1.65, which is less than they do now, but a driver with no e-z pass, would pay $3.65, including a 60-cent billing fee. >> it's not easy to implement, but it's something we need to do. >> the reporter: braintree mayor joe sullivan sits on its transportation department board. while he supports the change, he's also period, so that drivers without a transponder are allowed to ease into it, and not face costs until next year. i think we need to be a little more sensitive to the motorists, despite our best efforts in terms of public notification. there are going to be some who will not have a transponder and we shouldn't be penalizing them just because they weren't ready to go specifically on that day. if it's handled, misimagined at the start, it will be a challenge to overcome that. another issue, the state at one point said they would be

around $5 million. the public had be able to weigh in before those tolls actually start in october. i'm blair miller for fox 25 news. >> mark: dudley town leaders have until halloween to decide if they want to block a cemetery from being built. the islamic society of worcester wants to develop vacant land into a cemetery, but some dudley town executives are taking exception. the society has filed the contest the decision. >> elizabeth: next week, somerville residents won't use any plastic at the grocery store. us a of september 1, the city's plastic ban goes into effect. that ordinance was passed last november and applies to single eulls shopping bags. businesses with more than 10,000 square feet of floor are being asked to promote paper bags instead. that ban is supposed to reduce the environmental impact of the plastic bags. >> mark: new yorkers can play daily fantasy sports again. draftkings and fanduel were

them i am legal gambling operations, but two weeks ago, governor andrew cuomo signed a bill making daily fantasy sports legal. the companies have a temporary permit to operate while they work out long-term regulations, similar to those passed here in massachusetts earlier this year. >> elizabeth: for the first time in more than a year, home sales are down in massachusetts. the association of realtors reported today that single family home sales were down 14% in july, compared with the same time last year. that's the first time in 14 months that sales it's about $376,000. >> kevin: tomorrow's lunchtime temperatures will already be warmer than your high temperatures today. it's going to be even hotter in the afternoon. i'll show you that heat and the next showers on the way. >> mark: first, some new federal guidelines were released today to stop distracted driving. they would ban people from doing anything than driving when behind the wheel.

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>> mark: banning everything but driving behind the wheel. today, the national highway traffic safety administration posted documents that call for a ban on phones, evens hands-free devices in hopes of eventing distracted driving. it would mean no talking, no dialing, no texting, or suffering the -- surfing the web. >> elizabeth: at george colli reports, the federal guidelines posted today were all a big mistake. >> the reporter: new guidelines advocating a ban on erroneously to a federal web site, a spokesman for national highway traffic safety administration, what appears to be new guidance from the agency is in the on-line federal registry, they recommend all 50 states implement a ban on all cellphones and hand held devices while driving, including the use of hands-free technology, or when stopped at a traffic light. >> distracted driving presents a serious risk for everyone on the road.

a significant shift in policy. >> aaa has asked states to focus on texting while driving bans, wireless device bans for teen drivers. we think that those are probably the most important priorities to focus on at this time. 46 states banned texting by all drivers. 38 states prohibit cellphone use by young drivers, 14 ban the use of any hand-held devices, but none have ever prohibited the use of hands-free devices. according to the great play by great play byryan's high -- to s a spokesperson for nhtsa would not answer our questions on the propose average but said it was posted by mistake and any changes are being withdrawn. in 2014, almost 3200 people were killed and almost 430,000 injured in crashes involving distracted driving. in washington, george colli, fox 25 news. >> elizabeth: new at 6:00 p.m., massachusetts has the strongest economy of any state in the country. governing magazine looked at things like unemployment rates and job growth, i bet you didn't know there was a governing magazine, did you, ock?

>> elizabeth: they do have one. they found the bay state came in first. oregon, delaware, colorado rounded out the top five. due in part to a boom in the health care and technology industries. fox 25 cares at td garden this afternoon, to help 4,000 students from the boston area get ready for the first day of class. >> mark: vanessa welch, kerry kavanaugh, tom leyden, as well as bruins player brad marchand joined me as we helped out at the back to school celebration, in addition to activities, students all left with backpacks, stuffed with school supplies. they're ready to go. i asked them, are you ded diana diana -- are you ready for school? not quite yet. 20,000 books were also given to the teachers. great event today. the kids had so much fun. >> elizabeth: una an opportunity to learn too much i saw the birds and the reptiles and all sorts of things, so it's a really great event. >> mark: a lot of junior police officers and firefighters were there as well, e.m.s. >> elizabeth: you know who else

>> kevin: mark leaves an important note out how i crushed him in one-on-one basketball and corn hole too. on to the weather here we go. weather. some of that may have been false. 80 degrees, boston. 78 bedford. 75 hyannis. those are your dibblenertime temperatures. lows overnight upper 50's and low 60's, under totally clear skies. look, none of these icons even have a cloud in them. not even a single cloud. southern and central new england. there may be a few up there in northern new england, happen to be driving up toward caribou, maine, tonight, but otherwise going to be fine. through the day tomorrow, sunshine, take any to thursday, and here comes some clouds from the northwest along a front starting to push our way. we'll start out with the bright sunshine early in the morning. but with the humidity creeping up, more clouds in the afternoon for you on thursday. first things first, your morning golf game. all kinds of sunshine, all the way through from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

average temperatures. places hitting 80 at 10:00 a.m. and in the morning, places haven't even dropped below 60 degrees, but on average, that's what it will look like across the area. no matter where you go, it will be sunny. wollaston beach, 90 degrees and everything in between, beautiful for a beach dave as well. warmer than it was today by a few degrees. as many as 10 degrees in some locations. inland to bridgewater, 89 on the south shore. to the north of boston, burlington, lawrence, new hampshire, all 90 degrees. many towns hit 90, 91 degrees northwest of boston, through the merrimack valley especially. the dewpoints have been comfortable, in the 40's. thursday morning, creeping up into the 60's. through the day tomorrow and thursday, thursday night in the 60's, in the upper 50's. bottom line is, it becomes more humid, more like summer for thursday and friday, so the temperatures go up and the humidity goes up ahead of the front and that's whether the

north of boston, thursday night into early friday morning and by dawn friday, we're getting them in southern new england to push on through. some will become heavier with the increased humidity. something we'll watch for. it does look like a significant events at this time, not the kind of rain we have want. then we dry out again by the afternoon and into the upcoming weekend. quick check on the tropics. i said we wouldn't look at it again, but we'll delete fiona for 10:00 p.m. tonight. that's what the storm looks like, what's left of it. gaston, way out in the atlantic this one looks like it's trying to get itself together. if not late tonight when i'm talking to you with the leprechaun p.m. observation, then certainly in the morning with shiri. there's tropical storm gaston, 65-mile-per-hour winds. it's going to become a hurricane, staying way out in the atlantic ocean. that other storm want to develop and those spaghetti plots, saw the computer models all bunched together, shows this wanting to go toward the bahamas by the end of the weekend. question is, will it have a name, will it be strengthening? those are questions to be

coming up. seven-day forecast brings showers here by friday morning, it's the more immediate concern. by this weekend, we'll be watching the tropical systems as we are enjoying the sunshine and dry weather. no threats from those storms by this weekends, so gillette -- wo go ahead and plan accord willing. >> it was a welcome site as the patriots get set for friday's game with the carolina panthers. how did tom brady hurt his thumb

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>> it was one of those days in foxborough where everyone was eagerly awaiting what might happen. butch stearns was among those on hand. he checks in with the very latest as the pats gear up for friday's game against carolina. patriots quarterback tom brady back at practice on tuesday, and answering questions, all he would say about his excused absence the last two days, i had to take care of something. but brady much more revealing on other topics, like how he injured his thumb. >> i was, you know, ready to go, had everything on and i was just trying to get something out of my shoe, and the scissors slipped, and just a silly accident. >> when it did happen, did you feel like you dodged a bullet? >> i let out a probably pretty loud word i wouldn't repeat in front of my kids, and then -- yeah, i couldn't believe it and i went and got checked out. i learned from it and hopefully won't be operating with scissors

>> the reporter: brady says he wants to play this friday night in carolina and when it comes to dealing with his four game suspension -- >> you know, we'll deal with the four weeks when they come, but you know, in the meantime, i'm trying to prepare this week like i would last year and the year before, and try to just, you know, prepare the best i can, so i can be the best quarterback for this team that i can be. >> in foxborough, butch stearns the, fox 25 sports. >> also today, bill belichick testy when someone suggested he had said earlier that jimmy garoppolo would be gett apparently that's not what bill belichick said exactly, but the point remains the same. jimmy g has gotten the lion's share of the load and that will apparently continue. >> all three quarterbacks are extremely important. jimmy's preparation for the arizona opener is the most important. nothing has changed and nothing is going to change, that's the way it's going to be. >> i can't get enough of this. the catch from andrew bennett last night, that is just so incredibly sweet and it's pretty important too. it would have been pa two run

three run lead. tonight, they'll turn the ball over to clay buckholtz. they'll try to stay atop the a.l. standings. 70 wins on the season. buckholtz, reliable since picking up the slack with steven wright on the shelf. steven wright hopeful to start friday's game at home against kansas city. 7:10 p.m. start for this one. i'm calling for a sweep. they go down there and win all four. >> vanessa: break out the broom. >> mark: lily is very optimistic. >> elizabeth: let's do it. bring it. >> mark: i want to see buckholtz back in form. can we get him going too. >> kevin: not like i swept you guys today in basketball. >> >> kevin: tom leyden's crew will put me in legends book. 87 tomorrow with sunshine. i'll be back at 10:00 p.m. with the latest on the showers for

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